Summary

Digital Tech

Is it worthwhile building clusters? by Raphaël Suire
Silicon Valley and London’s TechCity fire the imagination and inspire projects to build “digital districts”. But is it as easy as all that to build a cluster and, ultimately is it actually worth doing it?

About digital humanism by Milad Doueihi
Digital technology is changing the actual notion of territory as well as that of knowledge and habitat. Digital humanism is then a way of perceiving this new reality.

Snapchat, success for ephemeral messaging by Karin Danjaume
Which application witnessed the most meteoric growth of 2012 and is the top download in the App Store? That would be Snapchat, whose success may be summed up in two words: instantaneous and ephemeral. For how much longer?

Cinema

6 Key Lessons from SARFT's Foreign Blackout by Robert Cain
Now that the domestic film protection period is finished and foreign films are again dominating China’s movie screens, it will be instructive to look back and see what impact the blackout had, and how successful it was in achieving SARFT’s goals.

Qatar, from black gold to the big screen by Axel Scoffier
As an economic lever, and as a vehicle for outreach and soft power, the cinema industry lies at the heart of a range of issues that Qatar is setting out to bring under control. What strategic positioning will the Emirate go for in the world battle for the film industry ?

Fespaco, essential, and yet fragile by Maria Masood
The pan-African festival of cinema and television (FESPACO) came into being in 1969, in Ouagadougou, and has succeeded in becoming a major event; but it is having difficulty bringing its objectives for African cinema to fruition.

Publishing

Why US comics are not afraid of the digital age by Kevin Picciau
In the United States comics have not been suffering from the advent of the digital economy. On the contrary, they appear to have found the recipe for producing an independent market that looks as though it’s going to take off impressively.